The future is determined by small moments in time.Visions of the future and regrets for the past. Finding your way and leaving the lost. Childhood quests and old age retirement. Spanning a range of lengths and genres, this collection of new and previously published stories takes on moments of choice and change, and the difference outlook has on the outcome.

A collection of short stories, essays, art and interviews in celebration of Candas Jane Dorsey.Contains work by Timothy J. Anderson, Greg Bechtel, Eileen Bell, Gregg Chamberlain, Alexandrea Flynn and Annalise Glinker, Barb Galler-Smith, Anita Jenkins, Laina Kelly, Derryl Murphy, John Park, Rhonda Parrish, Ursula Pflug, Robert Runté, Diane L. Walton, BD Wilson and S.G. Wong.

Find what you seek, for better or worse.This collection of fantasy (or fantasy-adjacent) stories are connected through those seeking something. Whether they are looking for a cure to their condition, a way home, a quiet life, or a murderer, these are stories of journeys taken and refused, successful and questionable.Includes the stories:- Wild Minds- Our Stars- Bernard Slauson- NPC- Of the Manxsome Ways

Beyond the world we know, mysteries hide.We exist in worlds that are fantastic places, full of the strange and the wonderous. This collection contains seven stories of the strange and unusual. From a family duty that was never explained, to the danger of unchecked ambition, and on to a quiet moment that nevertheless changes a life. Each story explores a moment that can only be experienced when you no longer view the world through the veil of the expected.In...

What happens when the dream has ended?When she was a child, Xue and her three best friends went to a world of fantasy and defeated the evil there. Or so they thought.They returned to their own world, only to wake up in the hospital after a terrible accident. From that first waking moment, Xue struggled with what was real.Was it the memories of saving that other world, as her friends said?Or was that all a coma-dream as her parents, ...

Being a psychic doesn’t mean you have to believe in Ghosts.Unfortunately for Holden, his best friend refuses to accept that.Holden can read the history of an object just by touching it. It’s been a struggle most of his life and every time he’s tried to use it for a beneficial purpose it’s gone horribly wrong.But when his best friend convinces Holden to step in for a paranormal investigation, it turns out hauntings are as real as psychics. S...

What would you do to save the world?The Institute for Preservation of the Earth is dedicated to saving the world. It is the promise that lures scientists, activists, and idealistic people to help them achieve that goal. This goal is the truth, at least, as their founder sees it. When two of the institute’s members discover what that means, they make a different choice.However, the Institute’s actions have far reaching consequences, and the world is...

When you’re sent to the Dogfights, you die.Bairn is determined to survive.When his parents lose an Exhibition match, young Bairn is traded from the flash and show of the spectacle matches to grit and realism of the Dogfights. There are only three ways to win: knock your opponent out, break their limbs, or kill them.Bairn needs to survive his training, earn out the money on his family debt, and find some way to get ...

You can't hide from the past.No matter how hard you try.Holden’s been avoiding investigations, and all his friends, since the last investigation. But when there’s an opening at a site she’s wanted to study for years, Leanne convinces Holden to stop come along.Hetherington Manor doesn’t make its money as a ghost attraction, but it does boast reliable activity. Holden starts putting together the puzzle of the manor’s past, but it seem...

Some people will do anything to keep their secrets.Holden isn’t quite over discovering a real ghost on the last investigation, but this time, he’s just coming along for the ride, so everything should be fine. Of course, “should be” and “is” are very rarely the same thing. While the team uncover evidence the haunting at the Fairhaven Hotel is a fake, Holden isn’t so sure. Not when he sees the story play out exactly as it’s supposed to have happened....

“Anyone who believes that faeries are wee, golden-haired creatures with dragon-fly wings and sweet intentions has never met a real faerie.” –Suzanne J. Willis, “A Silver Thread Between Worlds”Retellings of familiar favourites from new perspectives, and brand new tales share the pages of this collection of fairy stories. Within these tales you’ll find fairy music and food, contracts (making and breaking them), changelings, circles and curses–these stories deliver all the things you ...

A teenage girl’s classmates begin disappearing only to haunt her dreams, ships full of ghostly passengers in need of release test those who are tasked to give them peace, psychopomps whose job is guiding the spirits of the dead to the other side meet in a support group, and more fill these pages.Featuring work by Pete Aldin, Andrew Bourelle, Stephanie A. Cain, Beth Cato, M.L.D. Curelas, Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, Amanda C. Davis, Roddy Fosburg, Joseph Halden, Lynn Hardaker, L....